Access barriers due to treatment cost

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Access barriers due to treatment cost

Access barriers due to treatment cost measures the percent of women who self-report problems in accessing health care due to cost of treatment. Financial access is a critical component of health service access, and access barriers can have a detrimental effect on utilization of health services.

Data Source Notes

Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) is a nationally-representative household survey that provides data for a wide range of monitoring and impact evaluation indicators in the areas of population, health, and nutrition. Standard DHS surveys have large sample sizes (usually between 5,000 and 30,000 households) and typically are conducted about every 5 years, to allow comparisons over time. Read more here.

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